DOVER - Morrilton's boys are attempting to make winning the Dover Invitational Tournament title an annual feat.

For the third straight year and the fifth time in the six years of the tourney's existance, the Devil Dogs came away with the championship trophy Saturday night, rolling to a 67-32 victory over host Dover in the title game.

The Pirates found themselves in trouble against a much bigger Morrilton squad after Jordan Baumberger picked up two fouls before the opening minute of the game elapsed. That caused Baumberger to sit on the bench for the remainder of the first quarter, and the Devil Dogs seized the opportunity, jumping out to a 12-2 lead and eventually building a 19-5 cushion at the end of the first quarter.

Morrilton quickly opened the second quarter with a bucket by Josh Tresvant and two more by Matt Turnipseed and extended its lead to a 25-5 cushion. Both teams then spent the remainder of the period virtually trading points, allowing the Devil Dogs to take a 37-19 cushion at halftime.

Dover's troubles continued in the third quarter when the Pirates went without a field goal until Ryan Kaufmann hit a layup off a good feed by Connor Freeman with only 19 seconds remaining. Until then, Dover's only points in the period were a free throw apiece by Kaufmann and Matt Larue.

That allowed Morrilton to opened the third quarter with 12 straight points and extend its lead to a 49-19 margin on Kris Hickman's three-point play at the 4:44 mark in the period. The Devil Dogs pushed their lead up to 59-23 at the end of the third quarter, causing the "sportsmanship rule" to be invoked throughout the final period.

Larue and Baumberger each had eight points to lead Dover, which returns to action Monday with a 5AAA Conference game at home against Lamar. Aaron Williams led Morrilton with 14 points and was the only player in double figures as 10 different Devil Dogs scored in the contest.